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Details on visiting New York
GETTING THERE Getting into Manhattan itself can be a bit of a challenge. All of the major airlines, as well as some of the discount operators, fly into metro New York many times a day. Go with whomever gives you the best price, and don't worry about which...Tags: Midtown, New York University, Battery Park, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Manhattan (New York City)
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World Trade Center's Guy Tozzoli keeps center's spirit alive
rpujol@am-ny.comWelcome to the World Trade Center in exile. Seven years after the Twin Towers were destroyed, Guy Tozzoli, the man who directed the construction of the World Trade Center and knew every inch of it, carries on the center's founding mission of peace and...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Robert Moses, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Regional Authority, Battery Park
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Guy Tozzoli: The quotable Mr. WTC
rpujol@am-ny.comGuy Tozzoli joined the Port Authority in 1946, directed the containerization of the Jersey ports in the 1950s, helped plan the 1964-65 World's Fair, which helped prepare him for the biggest project of all: Overseeing the construction of the World Trade...Tags: Robert Moses, Francisco Franco, Battery Park, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Local Authority
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Doctor added to 9/11 victim list
msweeney@am-ny.comLike countless others, her face was seen on fliers all across the city in the months after 9/11. But only now has Sneha Anne Philip been declared the 2,751 person killed at the World Trade Center, nearly seven years after the attack. "I just found out...Tags: Justice System, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Family, Court Administration, Battery Park
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How couples avoid pitfalls while buying a home
Special to NewsdayAfter renting an apartment in Albertson for four years, Ian and Stacy Rousseau knew it was time to find a home of their own. They'd just had a baby, a son named Jack, and "we were just outgrowing the place," explains Ian. Last month, after a search...Tags: Sales, Real Estate Buyers, Rentals, Condos and Houses, Homes
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Report: Stores overcharging for milk
dfreedlander@am-ny.comNew Yorkers are being shaken down for their milk money by their neighborhood bully -- in this case, their local grocery store. A report released Thursday by the City Council found that 86 percent of city food stores are gouging customers on the price...Tags: Groceries, Bushwick, Fresh Meadows, Battery Park, Manhattan (New York City)
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Predictions from the past about NYC today
dfreedlander@am-ny.comA million more people. New neighborhoods springing to life in the vacant lots of the Atlantic and Hudson yards. A city largely rid of crime, traffic, and pollution. New York City in 2007 is staking out a bold vision for how it will look in 2030. But in...Tags: Religious Leaders, Heavy Engineering, New York, Lower East Side, Rockefeller Center
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Skyscraper shuffles height record books
alisa@am-ny.comThe Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park will reshape Manhattan's skyline and force a revision of the record books that catalog the city's giants. The 54-story building stands 945 feet tall, but tops out at 1,200 feet with the addition of an...Tags: New York, Empire State Building, Banking, Henry Miller, Battery Park
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Battery Park City
Special to amNewYorkRight after 9/11, residents had no choice but to abandon Battery Park City, which stood in the Twin Towers' shadow. Retirees moved elsewhere, families relocated and the flow of Manhattanites into this peaceful oasis abruptly ended. Yet Battery Park...Tags: Crimes, Church Street Station, Retirement, Winter Garden, Manhattan (New York City)
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Tribeca
Special to amNewYorkTribeca's transformation from the butter and eggs district to sought-after downtown destination has been going on for decades, but a recent boom in development has some worried that what drew them to the neighborhood are at risk. The influx of...Tags: Off-Broadway Theater, Robert De Niro, Crimes, Celebrity, Broadway
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Signing of Freedom Tower beams set for Sunday
Newsday Staff WriterWhen the 1,776-foot-high Freedom Tower rises over the former site of the World Trade Center, it will be inscribed with the signatures of first responders and relatives of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Three steel columns that eventually will be...Tags: New York, Fires, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Metal and Mineral, Banking
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9/11 victims remembered at beam signing
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITERIt was important, Diane Fairben said Sunday, to inscribe her son Keith's name on the Freedom Tower support beam because it makes him an eternal part of the reconstruction. "We kind of shy away from these public things," Fairben said, as she stood with...Tags: Floral Park, New York, Fires, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Battery Park
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